BY DEFINITION, SAND IS A GRANULAR MATERIAL COMPOSED OF MINERAL PARTICLES AND FINELY DIVIDED ROCK. ROCK, THAT, ON AVERAGE, TAKES OVER 80 MILLION YEARS TO BECOME SAND.

IT’S COMMONLY KNOWN THAT VERY LITTLE, IF ANYTHING AT ALL, CAN BE GROWN IN SAND. AS A NURTURING AGENT, IT’S SIMPLY NOT FERTILE ENOUGH AND DOES LITTLE TO EXPLAIN HOW OUT OF A THIN STRETCH OF IT BASED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SPROUTED THE SPORT OF BEACH VOLLEYBALL.

THEN AGAIN, LIFE IS A SURVIVALIST ENDEAVOR, A BEGUILING AND OFTEN VIOLENT, EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS. THE GOOD NEWS IS, LIFE ALWAYS FINDS A WAY…